Dr. Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut is an experienced German diplomat with an extensive career in international relations and European policy. He studied history and German language and literature at the University of Cologne, where he earned his doctorate in history in 1988. Dr. Meyer-Landrut joined the German Federal Foreign Office in 1987 and has since built a career holding key positions within European and international diplomacy. He served at the German representation in Vienna and later in Brussels, and held various leadership roles within the ministry and the Federal Chancellery. From 2011 to 2015, he was Director-General for European Policy and a close advisor to Chancellor Angela Merkel on European affairs. Between 2015 and 2020, Dr. Meyer-Landrut served as the German Ambassador to France and Monaco, where he further strengthened bilateral relations between Germany and France. Subsequently, he was appointed Head of the EU Delegation to Turkey (starting September 2020). In the summer of 2024, he assumed his post as the German Ambassador to the Netherlands.